A snapshot of the mid-year budget update

* $2.1 billion for new and changed listings on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, including for chronic lymphocytic leukaemia.

* An extra $1.3 billion for the new schools funding package over four years.

* Pushing ahead with an alternative university package, including freeze on total Commonwealth Grant Scheme funding from January 1, 2018. The reforms will cost $605 million over four years (but are a saving on the previously proposed package).

* $118 million for the Office of National Intelligence.

KEY SAVINGS SINCE THE MAY BUDGET

* Broadening the waiting period criteria for new migrants before they can access some welfare benefits - saving $1.2 billion over four years.